AnswerBank Badges: An Update

[AB Editor]

Good morning.

As some of you may be aware we have a new badge system implemented in The AnswerBank.

See full feature list here: http://www.theanswerb...Question1166360-9.htm

We closed the site for around 4 hours last night to try and get it all up and working - we've managed part of that!

* Badges can be found on your profile under the badge tab.
* You can see the badge of others on their profile - just click their avatar!
* Best answers can now be seen on public and private profiles

For example, see my two badges here: http://www.theanswerb...ers/ab-editor/badges/

The script which runs to generate all badge instances is still running, so expect some fluctuation regarding the number of badges you have gained!

Until the script finishes this page will be empty: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/badges/ but when it has completed there will be a list of all badges available and how to achieve them.

Here's the short version of how to get each: (NOTE: some of the numbers required have changed)

Definitions:
Debate Topics: News, Society & Culture, Religion and Spirituality
Long Thread: any thread with 60+ answers

Single Case Badges: (Badge with no bronze/gold/silver rankings)

Acolyte: made 100 posts to this thread: http://www.theanswerb.../Question1066858.html
The Motson: 20+ best answers in Football
The Delia: Achieved by achiving both The Motson and any level Michelian star
O.B.N. (Order of the Brown Nose): 15+ best answers marked by AB Editor
The Alan Shearer Punditry Trophy: 200+ answers in Sport and/or it's subsections without recieving a best answer for any of them. (Should this be taken away once a best answer is achieved)
Quick Draw: 10+ best answers which are also the first answers of the thread.
Gobshite - > 99% of posts in Chatterbank

3-Tier Badges: (Badges with bronze/gold/silver rankings)

Debator: taken part in 20/50/70 "Long Threads" in Debate topics
Great Host: Provided 33% of answers on 10/20/50 "Long Threads" they originated
Michelian Star: 10/20/50 best answers in Recipes
Newscaster: Posted 50/70/150 questions in News and/or Current Affairs
Chatterbox - More than 500/1000/5000 posts in Chatterbank
Healer - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Body & Soul (and its sub-topics)
Puzzler - More than 20/50/100 best answers in Quizzes and Puzzles
Legal Eagle - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Law
Agoniser - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Relationships & Dating
Nerd - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Technology (and its sub-topics)
1337ist - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Gaming
Jock - More than 10/20/50 best answers in Sport (and its sub-topics)

In short - we know it's not perfect - but we'll get there sooner rather than later. In the mean-time please:

1. Report any issues you're having here
2. Ask any questions about the upgrade here
3. Hurl general abuse at me here

[AB Editor]

Erin: Interesting. I wonder if we can work that out... equally postings in the music section might be an indicator.

[AB Editor]

No one should be frightened of B00, she is fair-handed and straight shooting. Except for anything involving the c word of course.

[sir.prize]

Thanks for all your help Ed - keep an eye on your emails. Ta!

[DTCwordfan]

that's unfair to B00, ron - she has made her position very clear on a number of occasions and that is she is very reluctant to hit the Clifton Suspension button, preferring to remove an answer. However personal assault and use of the female anatomy is not going to cut any ice with her.....out over the bridge you go.

[AB Editor]

C word I was thinking of was "cake".

She's known to be unfair with cake.

Lol - thanks s.p.

[Lie-in King]

Hi Ed - passing through & as you requested, letting you know the other badge is up :-)

Querying it directly still crashes the browser at this time though :-(

[B00]

Thanks DT and Ed (I think, lol).

Ron, I was suggesting you leave the site yes, but not because I want you to or anything like that, but because lately you seemed so dissatisfied.I have to be honest and say that if any site upset me the way this site seems to do to you i'd go elsewhere to be entertained.

I personally don't want you to leave AB- I just want you to stop moaning ;-)

[AB Editor]

"Querying it directly still crashes the browser at this time though :-("

You mean going to this page: http://www.theanswerb...uk/badges/quick-draw/ crashes the site for you?

"I just want you to stop moaning ;-)"

See, straight-shooting.

[ummmm]

Crashed for me as well. Said firefox is not responding. Had to close with task manager.

[mrs_overall]

ummmm, if you will by a cheap PC from a man in the pub....

[jno]

I got through on Firefox but it took about 30 seconds, made the page go opaque, and took another 20 seconds to get out of and close. It said it was waiting for Gravatar.

[mrs_overall]

*buy*

[jno]

bye...

[Mick-Talbot]

You mean going to this page: http://www.theanswerb...uk/badges/quick-draw/ crashes the site for you?

It never crashed for me and I got to meet god.
Where has he been for the last 12 years?


http://www.theanswerb...embers/god-16/badges/

[boxtops]

B00 needs a diplomat badge, please, Ed, for straight talking.

[albaqwerty]

Mick, god works in mysterious ways (apparently/allegedly)

[naomi24]

• Username: god
• Gender: Not Set
• Questions: 6
• Answers: 2
• Best Answers: 0
• Badges: 1
• Member Since: 15:20 Wed 06th Dec 2000
• Last Activity: 15:20 Wed 06th Dec 2000
• Status: Active

Blimey MT! He really is God! Four questions posted in total – and all after his last activity!!

[Mick-Talbot]

Lol .... have you got a 'god' alert function built into your AB set up naomi?

[naomi24]

Ha ha!

[jno]

God was still posting on AB several years after that. Lots of old posts have been removed in various site upgrades; he/she wasprobably one of the victims.